Car-replacer.



PATENTED SEPT. l, 1908.

B. STRIGKLAND. CAR REPLAGBR. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 20, 1908.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

BERRY STRICKLAND, OF COMPASS LAKE; FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES C. JONES, OF GREENHEAD, FLORIDA.

CAR-REPLACER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedSept. 1, 1908.

Application filed April 20, 1908. Serial No. 428,198.

' To all whom it may concern:

' simple in construction and susceptible of being adjusted to any angle relative to the main line.

It IS well known with most devices oftlns kind now 1n use considerable dlfliculty 15 experienced in forcing the flanges of thewheels over the mam line rail which such wheels must cross" in order, to replace the ear or engine. The present invention aims to remedy this defect by so constructing the device that the end adjacent the main line Willraise'the car wheel sufficient to clear the rail.

Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved means for fastening the device to the main line such'as will not permit displacement during the operation of forcing the car on the rails.

With these .and'other objects in view, as will more fully hereinafter appear, the invention consists in certain novel features-of confstruction and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated. in the accompanying drawings, and particularly "ointed out in the appended claims, it

eing understood that various changes in.

the. form, proportions, size and minordetailsof the structure may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating the invention applied to a railway track. Fig. 2 is a detailed view of the fastening member. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the elevating platform at that end of the device secured to the rail. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the'same.

Similar numerals of reference'are employed to lndlcate correspondlng parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

In the construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to *4 inclusive; an ordinary railway rail liof a suitable length is provided with a frog end 2 at one end and a bevel surface on the opposite end extending from the base flange 3 upwardly to the top of the device, the function of which will presently appear.

Suitably secured to the forward or frog end of the .ilevice -is a lifting shoe preferably formed of a single piece of metal, a portion of the sides of which are turned upwardly at right angles to the upper face 4, forming flanges 5 adapted to straddle the-base flange 3 of the dex'ice, the remainingiportion of the opposed sides converging-and at the forward end directly underlying the end of the frog 2. A projection 6 is formed on the lower face of the shoe and extending downwardly at right angles to the lower face and of a length sufficient to support the upper face of the frog above the plane of the main rails 7 for a distance to permit the flange of a wheel to clear said main rails.-

A' fastening member preferably formed of a single piece of metal 7 or other suitable material and of a length suflicient to straddle the main rail 7 and frog end of the device is provided on one side with a portion curved upwardly and inwardly forming a book 8 adapted to engage the base flange of the main rail 7 The opposite en'dof the fastening member is provided with a book 9 curved upwardly and inwardly. but of considerable greater length than the book 8 and is adapted to engage thelifting shoe and base flange 3 of the device when thelatter is resting on the base flange of the main rail, as clearly shown in 1 to 4 inclusive. It is to ,be' observed that the books 8 and 9 are tui ned oblique to the base of the fastening member 7. This construction prevents slipping since the fpressure on the frog end 2 caused by a car being forced up the bevel sur-' face at one end of the device will increase the friction between the main rail" frog end and.

books 8 and 9. In the use of the device, the

frogs'are used in pairs, as illustrated in Fig.-

1, one frog fastened to each of the rails 7 as before explained, to allow the wheels forced over the bevel surface to be properly guided on the rails-7.'

What is claimed is 1. A car replacer embodying a member adapted to be secured to a rail; a lifting shoe on one end of said member provided with a downward projection adapted to engage the flange of arail and elevate the upper face of said member above the plane of said rail.

2. A car replacer embodying a member provided wlth a bevel surface on one end thereof, a lifting shoe on" the other end of said member provided with opposed upturned flanges, and a projection extending downwardly and at right-angles to the lower face of said lifting shoe.

3. A car replacer embodying a member adapted to be secured to a rail, a lifting shoe on one end-of said member provided with a downward projection adapted to engagethe flange of the rail and elevate the upper face of said member above the plane of said rail,

and means to secure said member to the rail;

4. A car 'replacer embodying a member adapted to be secured to a rail, a lifting shoe on one end of said member provided with a downward projection adapted to engage the 15 flange of the rail and elevate the upper face of said member above the plane of'said rail, and a fastening member provided with hooks on the opposed ends thereof havin oblique Walls adapted to engage the base anges of 20 said rail and shoe member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

BERRY STRICKLAND. Witnesses:

W. H. LEwIs, G. M. THOMAS. 

